Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Rational Thinking as a Process -- Chapter 2: Thinking About Questions -- Chapter 3: Decision Analysis: What's Our Best Choice? -- Chapter 4: Potential Problem Analysis: What Could Go Wrong? Guarding Against Future Trouble -- Chapter 5: Problem Analysis: Why Did This Happen? Solving Problems by Finding True Cause -- Chapter 6: Situation Appraisal: What's Going On? Sorting Out Complexity -- Chapter 7: Getting Started -- Appendix A: Contributing Educators -- Appendix B: CompassQuest: Middle School/Corporate Project -- Bibliography -- References -- Index -- About the Authors -- Related ASCD Resources -- About ASCD.